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Re:Rethinking the App Store by kgwxd on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @03:15PM (#24286143)
Why any stores at all? Just allow software to be installed like a PC. There are millions of PCs running just fine without a "store". No one is making any extra money, but that's OK, because they shouldn't be.
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Re:Rethinking the App Store by krainboltgreene on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @03:32PM (#24286310)
The BredoLab botnet was 30M PCs strong.
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Re:Rethinking the App Store by kgwxd on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:50PM (#24287131)
"Stores" doesn't solve that problem. The TikTok virus is 300M strong. There are solutions to minimizing malware installs that don't involve a middle-man taking a cut.
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